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A great place for direction north and east is ''Hansastraße''. You can either take tram line 13 and get off at ''Friedensstraße'' or if you are in ''Neustadt'', you can also walk from Alaunpark along ''Bischofsweg'' and ''Fritz-Reuter-Straße'' in direction west and you will pass the ''Friedensstraße'' tram stop as well.
Walk down ''Hansastraße'' and you will pass 2 petrol stations. Both are good for asking people or to wave a sign. The [https://hitchmap.com/#51.0797458759402,13.7395338714123 first ] is generally better and you may meet some other hitchers. Hitching with thumb only is not recommended as cars are going in all directions.
* If you are going to Berlin, just make a sign saying ''Berlin'', you will probably get a straight lift from here or at least to Freienhufener where it's very easy to hitch to Berlin from the petrol station/truck stop there.
* If you are going to Poland, make a sign saying ''Bautzen''. That's only a short ride, but just before Bautzen there's a great service area on the motorway where it's easy to find a lift to Poland.
The gas stations may not be the best place to hitchhike. There is a good sized entry lane for the shell gas station but the exit has no feeder lane which means you kind of have to choose between the street traffic or just the people at the gas station. The same goes for the [https://hitchmap.com/#51.08410914850553,13.739014863967897 second gas station].
Another [https://hitchmap.com/#51.0999934090384,13.7359946966171 good hitchhiking spot] is very close to the motorway ramp. From Bahnhof Neustadt take the bus 81 towards ''Wilschdorf'' and get off at ''Hellerberge''. If you stand besides the bus stop with a sign ''Berlin'', you probably won't wait for long. It also helps that there is a traffic light just before this so often cars have to come to a complete stop and stare at you for a minute.
There is also a similar and possibly slightly [https://hitchmap.com/#51.08746224093905,13.737961292266242 better bus stop ] after a traffic light 500 meters up the road from the second gas station in Option one1. It seemed liked this one has more time with the light being red meaning more drivers had to come to a complete stop before passing the bus stop.
==== Option 4 ====
Very often there are hitchhikers [https://hitchmap.com/#51.0663198502892,13.7393045425415 right behind the railway station ''Dresden-Neustadt'']. Be aware that this is a common meeting point for car-pools, so if you stop a car there you might be asked to contribute to the cost of fuel, although generally it is very unlikely as anywhere else in Germany.
=== East towards [[Görlitz]], [[Wrocław|Wroclaw]] ([[A4 (Germany)|A4]]) ===
'''Option 3'''
From Dresden-Neustadt DB station; take bus number 81 (WILSCHDORF) to the stop 'Am Olter'. This should not take longer than fifteen minutes. Here you are right at [https://hitchmap.com/#51.10861743987,13.733332824457 ''Dresden Hellerau'' interchange ] of B170 and A4 / A13 direction Leipzig as well as Chemnitz. You can try to directly hitchhike there or to use 'Rastanlage Dresdner Tor' (10 minutes/12 kilometers from here) as a relais.